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A new idea in funding for sports clubs’ projects

Extract from a BBC News Cambridgeshire article

The gym where Olympic medallist Louis Smith trained is set to expand to meet demand created by the 2012 games. The club has been trying to push through plans and raise funds for an expansion for eight years.

The club launched its own £100,000 fund-raising campaign in October 2012, but had only managed about £10,000. In December, British Gymnastics gave the club a grant of £218,000 with a proviso that building must start before the beginning of April.

Huntingdonshire District Council has loaned Huntingdon Gymnastics Club in Cambridgeshire £300,000 towards its £650,000 expansion plan. The council loan was approved to cover the shortfall between the British Gymnastics grant and others from local organisations, and enable the work to start. The funds will come from its reserves, or by taking out a loan itself "on commercial terms... to assist a valued community based organisation".

Mr Hall said: "Thanks to the wonderful support of the council in guaranteeing the viability of this project we can, at last, start work on the new build. However, to rely on a substantial loan in order to make this dream a reality is far from ideal." The club has developed a business plan based on an increased number of users to ensure it can repay the council.

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